Churn.



No. 728,262. v PAT-ENTED MAY 19,1903.

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GHURN.

APPLICATION FILED D30. 17, 1902.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED Patented May 19, 1903.

OFFICE.

LYMAN G. MARTIN, OF WINFIELD, 'KANSAS.

. CHURN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 728,262, dated May 19,1903.

, Application filed December 17,1902. Serial No. 135,620. (No model.) I

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that LLYMAN O. MARTIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at'Winfield, in the county of Cowley andState of Kansas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Churns; and I do hereby,de-

' clare the following to be a full, clear, and exsists of certain novelfeatures of combination.

and construction of parts, the preferred form whereof will behereinafter set forth.

The object of myinvention, among others, is to provide a churn whichmaybe Very cheaply constructed of any preferred and suitable materialwhich will be found to be reliably efficient in the production'of butterwith a minimum expenditure of time and labor. 7

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter-made clearly apparent,reference bein g had to the accompanying drawings,which are made a partof which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention complete readyfor use. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal central section of the churn-bodyfiFig. 3 is a detail view, in side elevation, of the interior chamber orreservoir.

For'convenienee the various details of my invention and accessoriesrequired to illustrate a practical application thereof to use will bereferred to by numerals.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates a pair of rockers, to whicharesecured a plu-- rality of standards 2,carrying at their upper.

ends theframe Sec'ti n 3, up'onwhich; my churn-body'4 is carried andsec'ured'in any preferred way, as bya band or strap 5.

The churn-body is preferably cylindrical, though other form of outlinein cross-section may be adopted. In the present instance I have providedthe body portion 4 at one end with the threaded neck i 6, having acap 7adapted to fit said neck and be turned home thereon, so as to produce anon-leaking joint. The cap 7 is provided centrally with a centralopening, also threaded, as indicated by the numeral 8, and adapted tofit around the this application, and in" threaded neck 9 of the interiorwater-reser voir 10.

The water-reservoir 10 is of sufficient length to reach throughoutthe-interior of the body portion 4 from end to end, the inner end of thereservoir being received by the retaining flange 11, which is secured tothe inner end of the body 4, as more clearly shown in Fig.

2. The inner end of the water-reservoir 10 is of such diameter as tosnugly fit in the flange 11, and said reservoir 10 is provided with theapertures 12, adapted to be brought i into or out of registration withthe apertures 13, provided in the flange 1]., for a purpose hereinafterset forth. The inner end ofthe reservoir 10 is also provided with thecushioning-spring 14, adapted to bear directly against the inner face ofthe end of the body4, as more clearly shown in Fig. 2. It willthereforeibeseen that the flange. 11

and the threaded neck 8 will secure and reliably hold the reservoir 10concentrically within the body 4, and the milk is therefore adaptedtooccupythe annularspacethus afforded aroundthe reservoir 10, andinorder that a maximum degree of agitation may be imparted to the milkIprovide the annular collars or flanges 15, there being any preferrednumber of said'flan'ges, which are fix- *t'o'rest between thecross-barsf18, and thus hold the body portion 4 from longitudinalmovement when placed upon the carriage. A suitable opening 19 is alsoprovided in the upperportion of the body section 4, said opening havingthe cap-section 20, as shown, whereby the contents of the churn-body 4may be readily examined from, time to time or introduced therethrough.The cap is also provided with an opening;2l, designed as a ventilator,whereby the odors or heat from the milk may escape. The reservoir 10, asabove set forth, is designed to be filled or plurality of flanges 15.

desirable to introduce water into the milk, this partly filled withWater, so as to insure that the milk will be brought to the desiredtemperature in order that the best results may be attained. I

By reference to the drawings it will also be seen that a faucet 22 isprovided for the cap-section 7, whereby the liquid contents of thechurn-body may be readily withdrawn after the butter has been produced.After the water-reservoir has been placed in position in the flange 11,so that the spring 14; will bear against the end section of the body,the cap 7 is turned home, it being understood that the water-reservoirisproperly filled with the desired quantity of water or with Water andice. The desired quantity of milk to be churned is then introducedthrough the opening 19 and the churn placed in position upon thecarriage, when by a proper rocking movement the contents of thechurn-body and the reservoir 10 may be caused to reciprocate or movefrom end to end of the churn, inducing great agitation of the milk byreason of the If it should become may readily be accomplished by turningthe reservoir 10 so as to bring the apertures 12 and 13 intoregistration with each other for a proper length of time, and after thedesired quantity of Water has thus been permitted to escape saidreservoir may be partially rotated so as to bring said apertures out ofregistration, thereby closing communication between the water and milkchambers.

20, and if the churning process is found to be complete the liquidcontents of the churnbody may be readily withdrawn through the faucet22, leaving only the butter within the churn, which may be easilysecured by removing the cap 7 and the water-reservoir 10.

In some instances I employ the bail 4, by which the churn-body 4 may besuspended, as from a rope or arm reaching down from the ceiling, as willbe understood, and the same rocking reciprocating motion may thus bereadily imparted to the contents of the churn-body.

Believing that the advantages and manner of using my improved churn havethus been made clearly apparent, further description is deemedunnecessary.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The herein-described churn, comprising a suitable milk-reservoir, orbody portion 4:; a rocking support for said body portion; a suitable capprovided at one end of said body portion and a cup-like flange 11 at theopposite end, in combination with awater-reservoir 10, the inner end ofwhich is adapted to be received by said flange while the outer end issecured by said cap, thereby disposing the Water-reservoirconcentrically in the churnbody, said water-reservoir having a pluralityof radially-disposed agitating-flanges l5 and a cushioning-spring 14,all combined substantially as specified and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LYMAN G. MARTIN.

Witnesses:

P. F. TIERNEY, ARTHUR LEVAN.

